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- 2022
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- 2022
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Summary The documentry series follows what happens to a Welsh football (soccer) club and the town it represents when Ryan Renolds and Rob McElhenney becomes owners of the Wrexham Red Dragons in 2020.
- 2022
- TV-MA
- FX
- 2022
- TV-MA
- FX
Welcome to Wrexham
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 24, 2022
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7.9
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Summary The documentry series follows what happens to a Welsh football (soccer) club and the town it represents when Ryan Renolds and Rob McElhenney becomes owners of the Wrexham Red Dragons in 2020.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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15% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
77
85% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
15% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Between the thoughtfulness with which the series tells the story of Wrexham’s everyday supporters, the light touch it takes when incorporating the club’s players and staff, and the winking ribbing it weaves through all the “Ryan and Rob” bits as an exercise to keep them from coming off as too self-serious or driven by ego, Welcome to Wrexham has set itself up to turn in one of the more engaging, down-to-earth, funny sports stories in recent memory.
The result is one of the most fascinating, endearing, sometimes hilarious and eminently watchable docuseries of the year.
You fear for manager Phil Parkinson if he can’t keep getting promoted: one mid-table finish and he could be out, not for lack of footballing nous but because he’s not established an entertaining TV persona. .... Just as they have saved the club financially, however, Reynolds and McElhenney can always lend the show their star power. Now they have help on that front as the opening episode’s centrepiece sees King Charles III visit the stadium.
The rags-to-riches premise might now feel flawed – Wrexham stopped being scrappy underdogs when the cash and cameras arrived – but it remains heartwarming and full of earthy humour.
There are a lot of elements that make Welcome To Wrexham a fascinating watch, namely how two Hollywood superstars are going to come into a small Welsh town and try to turn around its football team without making like they’re saviors.
The lack of almost any visible conflict or messiness leaves Welcome to Wrexham feeling a bit hollow from a viewer’s perspective. To their credit, Reynolds and McElhenny seem to have a solid grasp on what they have to offer the club, and what they don’t.
Welcome to Wrexham is, in a word, boring. The documentary-capturing cameras have been on from before day one and they’re capturing the dullest footage there ever was.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 User Ratings
7.9
81% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 User Ratings
7.9
81% Positive
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
9% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
9% Negative
5 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Boardwalk Pictures
- Maximum Effort
- RCG Productions
Initial Release Date: Aug 24, 2022
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 5 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
